Milopitakia - Greek Apple Stuffed Vegan Biscuits

Pour 1 glass of hot boiling water over the raisins, let sit for 5-10 minutes, then drain.

In a saucepan, combine about 500g of apples, peeled and diced, with 100g of sugar. Cook over medium heat for 15-20 minutes.

Stir regularly.

Wash the oranges properly, dry with a towel, then grate the peel. Pay attention, zest only the orange top portion of the peel!

After that, squeeze the juice - we need about 100ml for the dough.

Finely chop 40g of walnuts.

Meanwhile, the apples are done, soft and no longer have juice.

Add here the drained raisins, the chopped walnuts, 1 teaspoon of grated orange peel and 0.5 teaspoon of cinnamon. Mix everything thoroughly.

In a large bowl, pour 100ml of  orange juice, 100ml of oil and vanilla essence.

Add in 60g of sugar, 1 teaspoon of orange zest, 0.5 teaspoon of cinnamon, 350g of flour, 10g of baking powder and a teaspoon of salt.

Mix well, with a spatula or spoon at first.

Then, on the table, knead the dough until smooth, soft and not sticky at all.

Divide into 2 and shape into balls.

Let rest for 10-15 minutes.

After this time, in turn, roll out each ball into a sheet about 2-3mm thick.

Cut out circles, using a large glass or cup. Mine were 7-8cm diameter.

Place 1 teaspoon of apple filling on each circle.

Glue the opposite ends together.

Pinch the edges together into a kind of dumpling.

Shape the remaining dough after cutting the circles into another ball, let rest for 5 minutes then roll out again and cut out more circles.

Arrange the milopitakia apple biscuits in the baking sheet.

Bake in the preheated oven at 180 degrees C for 15-20 minutes, until lightly browned.

Allow to cool completely. Optionally, garnish with powdered sugar before serving.

Enjoy!